a u.s. tennis representative is now a free woman. 70-year-old lois goodman staring in disbelief and smiling as the judge granted the prosecutor's request to drop charges to her in connection with the death of her own husband, alan goodman. trace gallagher fills us in on how this happened. reporter: remember, lois was arrested in her uniform before the u.s. open back to new york in august. prosecutors said that she killed her husband might be him with a coffee mug. when the mob broke, she continued to beat him, using the edges as a makeshift knife. goodman claimed that her husband died accidentally. she passed a polygraph test done privately. the defense also claimed that goodman, who is right-handed, would've been impossible for her to inflict those wounds on her husband because they are were on the wrong side of his head. then the d.a. got some other unknown information. listen. >> based upon this information, we announce that we are unable to proceed with the case at this time. the court g